Find a good available .com domain

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Post by Tomte » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 7:39 AM UTC

Find a good available .com domain
sive.rs

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by the_duke » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:31 AM UTC

Under what license is that file?

Could one make a webservice based on the data?

Edit to clarify: I'm envisioning a open source service that uses an in-browser sqlite database [1] so you don't have to worry about a predatory middle party reserving the domains you searched for.

[1] https://sql.js.org/#/

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by sideproject » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:41 AM UTC

Domainy.io - lets you search (and monitor) for domain names that either become available or registered.

It also lets you quickly search for available domain names related to

- baby names - animal names - planet names etc etc via templates.

https://domainy.io

Re: Find a good available .com domain

#4

Post by pyryt » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:41 AM UTC

Would the same process work for other tlds?

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by m00dy » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:48 AM UTC

pyryt wrote: post #4

Would the same process work for other tlds?

yes, but you need to request it

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by TowerTall » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:53 AM UTC

> If you’re on Mac, Linux, or BSD, you should have a dictionary of words at /usr/share/dict/words

Why do they come with a dictionary of words?

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by logifail » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:55 AM UTC

Q: Do we (still?) think that dictionary words make good choices for domain names?

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by StreamBright » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:55 AM UTC

TowerTall wrote: post #6

> If you’re on Mac, Linux, or BSD, you should have a dictionary of words at /usr/share/dict/words Why do they come with a dictionary of words?

There are some legit use cases:

    words is a standard file on Unix and Unix-like operating systems, and is simply a newline-delimited list of dictionary words. It is used, for instance, by spell-checking programs. The words file is usually stored in /usr/share/dict/words or /usr/dict/words.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Words_(Unix)

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by sillycube » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:55 AM UTC

I created a startup name generator a long time ago. It is using the NameCheap API to look for domain availability: https://3sname.com/

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by Gigachad » Wed, Jun 08, 2022, 8:56 AM UTC

TowerTall wrote: post #6

> If you’re on Mac, Linux, or BSD, you should have a dictionary of words at /usr/share/dict/words Why do they come with a dictionary of words?

Not sure the origin but I have seen it used several times where random words are needed. So it certainly is handy.